Shirt holder



Jan. 19, 1937. L. DE FRANCES SHIRT HOLDER Filed NOV. 25, 1955 INVENTOR. I [awrezz 02261522206;

7 AZTORNEK.

Patented Jan. 19, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIfiE Claims.

This invention relates to a holder for a laundered shirt, of the type utilized for holding the shirt therein, enwrapping the shirt therewith, for the handling and keeping of the shirt in proper and protected state until removed from the holder for wearing. Heretofore, these holders embodied a number of inherent disadvantages, among which were inconvenience and difficulty of folding and inserting of the shirt into the holder, inefiicient retention of the shirt therein, and inconvenience or difficulty of removal of the shirt from the holder.

The principal object of my invention is to remedy all of the above mentioned and other disadvantages.

Another object is to provide a low cost, conveniently and economically manufacturable, conveniently utilizable, eificient, and improved shirt holder.

A further object is to provide a shirt holder, with the aid of which the laundered shirt may be properly, symmetrically, conveniently, rapidly, and efliciently folded.

A still further object is to provide a shirt holder which will efficiently retain the laundered shirt therewithin, and from which the shirt may be conveniently removed for wearing without any disturbance of its properly folded condition.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawing,-

Fig. l is a bottom plan view of the shirt holder of this invention, as it appears when in unfolded state.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the shirt holder shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the shirt holder, as it appears when in folded condition.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing a front view of the shirt holder.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal cross-sectional elevation of the shirt holder, in an enlarged scale, taken on the line 5-5 in Fig. 4.

The holder l is made of a sheet of cardboard or similar suitable material, and comprises a middleportion 2 and side portions 3, 4. Said middle portion is generally rectangular, but provided with an upper concave edge 5 which is adapted to slip under the collar 6' of the shirt 1 and to bear against its neckband, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 4 by the dash and dot lines. Crease lines 8 divide the middle portion 2 from the side portions 3, 4, whereby the latter may be folded over the former and interlocked with each other by closing flaps 9 of portion 3 slipping through registering slits It formed in portion 4, in the manner shown in Fig. 3.

Centrally located in the middle portion 2 is formed an opening I I, from which extends a slit i2 downwardly, and the upper side of said opening is bordered by a segmental flap I3, preferably provided with a crease line M. The opening H is adapted to receive the shirt button l5, so that when the latter is passed through the opening and the button and holder l are simultaneously moved relatively to each other, the holder shifting upwardly as viewed in Fig. 1, the tuft l6 of the button will enter the slit l2 and the middle portion 2 of the holder will engage the button l5, as shown in Fig. 5.

The utilization of the shirt holder I is as follows: When the ironing of the shirt 1 is completed and it is disposed upon the table with its front upwardly ready for folding, the shirt holder l is grasped and its slot i2 is engaged with the second chest button l5 in the above described manner, while the concave edge 5 of its middle portion is simultaneously slipped under the shirt collar 6, and then the holder l with the attached shirt 1 are completely turned over upon the table in the position shown in Fig. 2. In this condition the shirt button l5 not only engages the middle portion 2 of the holder, but in cooperation with the slot IE it centres the shirt relatively to this portion, whereby the shirt may be readily and conveniently folded over symmetrically of its longitudinal or button line I! in the manner shown in Fig. 2, the crease lines 8 incidentally serving as guiding lines in this folding operation. The tail end of the shirt may be then folded up into the holder in the usual manner, and the side portions 3, 4 may be closed over and interlocked as in Fig. 3, to complete the package and enwrapment of the shirt, ready for handling, delivery, and maintenance. When the user desires to remove the shirt from the holder l he may grasp the latter at its lower end and withdraw the shirt, by taking hold of its collar portion, out of the holder. If during this action the button l5 should chance to abut against the curved edge of the segmental flap- |3 the latter will bend about the crease line 14, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 5, and thereby prevent possible injury to the button or shirt.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: 1. In a shirt holder, the combination with a sheet including a middle portion and side portions, said middle portion having a central opening adapted to receive one of the chest buttons of the shirt, and said middle portion havin a slot extending from said opening for slipping the tuft of the button therethrough to engage the sheet to the button and shirt for facilitating symmetrical folding of the shirt and its enwrapment by said side portions.

2. In a shirt holder, the combination with a sheet including a middle portion and side portions, said middle portion having a central opening adapted to receive one of the chest buttons of the shirt, said middle portion having a slot extending from said opening for slipping the tuft of the button therethrough to engage the sheet to the button and shirt for facilitating symmetrical folding of the shirt and its enwrapment by said side portions, and said opening being bordered by a projecting flap capable of bending when engaged by said button during Withdrawal of the shirt from the holder.

3. In a shirt holder, the combination with a sheet including a middle portion and side portions, said middle portion having a central opening adapted to receive one of the chest buttons of the shirt, said middle portion having a slot extending from said opening for slipping the tuft 01' the button therethrough to engage the sheet to the button and shirt for facilitating symmetrical folding of the shirt and its enwrapment by said side portions, said opening being borded by a projecting flap capable of bending when engaged by said button during withdrawal of the shirt from the holder, and said flap having a crease line to facilitate said bending.

4. In a shirt holder, the combination with a sheet including a middle portion and side portions, and said middle portion having centrally located means for engaging one of the chest buttons of the shirt to facilitate symmetrical folding of the shirt and its enwrapment by said side portions.

5. In a shirt holder, the combination with a sheet including a middle portion and side portions, and said middle portion having centrally located means for engaging a predetermined chest button of the shirt to facilitate symmetrical folding of the shirt and its enwrapment by said side portions.

LAWRENCE DE FRANCES. 

